Eureka collaborative R&D: Eurostars 3 Call 6

To apply, you must fulfil the seven eligibility criteria:

1. your consortium must be led by an innovative SME from a Eurostars country.
2. your consortium must include organisations from at least two Eurostars countries
3. the project organisations concerned must be independent from each other with a minimum of one organisation from an EU or Horizon associated country
4. the budget of the SMEs from a Eurostars country, excluding subcontracting, is 50% or more of the total project cost
5. no single participant or country is responsible for more than 70% of the project budget
6. the project duration is 36 months or less
7. the project has an exclusively civilian purpose

In the UK, only UK registered innovative SMEs are eligible for funding. More than one UK SME can be involved in each project. The UK innovative SMEs must have been trading for 12 months at the competition application close date, must not have dormant status (as per Companies House registration) and must be able to resource your participation.

Innovate UK will not fund any other types of organisations; they can take part but must self-fund or use funds from other sources. A non-grant claiming UK partner cannot lead on a project.

To be eligible for grant funding from Innovate UK your collaboration:

• must include at least one UK registered business micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
• must include at least one eligible partner from one of the Eureka Eurostars members countries participating in the competition
• can include other UK registered organisations

UK SMEs will only receive funding for one live Eurostars project at a time. If you have an existing live project, then you must self-fund your participation in this application.

Your project:

• can last up to 36 months
• start date depends on the national funding procedures of the Eureka Eurostars members involved in the selected projects
• must be collaborative
• must have an exclusively civilian purpose

As per Eurostars requirements, the budget of the SMEs from a Eurostars country, excluding subcontracting, must be 50% or more of the total project cost, with no single participant or country responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.

The aim of this competition is for international collaboration on R&D projects that create innovative products, processes or services for commercialisation.

Your collaborative research and development (CR&D) proposal must demonstrate:

• a clear game-changing or disruptive innovative idea leading to new products, processes or services
• a strong and deliverable business plan that addresses, and documents market potential and needs
• sound, practical financial plans and timelines
• good value for money, which will always be a consideration in Innovate UK funding decisions
• a clear, evidence-based plan to deliver significant economic impact, return on investment (ROI) and growth through commercialisation, as soon as possible after project completion
• clear, considerable potential to significantly benefit the UK economy and/or national productivity
• the benefit of participants from the countries working together and how this adds value
• a clear definition of where intellectual property (IP) can be used and shared between the participants and countries
• a clear route to market or have gone to clinical trials within 2 years of project completion

The eligible Eureka countries for this call are:

Austria
Belgium (Brussels)
Belgium (Flanders)
Belgium (Wallonia)
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Türkiye
United Kingdom

The competition opens on 12 January 2024 and closes at 1pm UK time on 14 March 2024.

The lead applicant must submit your Eurostars application by 1pm UK time on the deadline stated. Your project team must submit the Eurostars project application form to the Eurostars Project Management Platform by 2pm central European time (1pm UK time) on 14 March 2024.

If you want help to find a project collaborator, contact Innovate UK KTN’s European Programmes team, or the Enterprise Europe Network.